Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated MediaTek will be capable to promote the desktop CPU chip the 2 firms unveiled earlier this week and that Nvidia has undisclosed future plans for the chip.
On Monday at CES 2025, Nvidia unveiled a desktop pc known as Venture Digits. The machine makes use of Nvidia’s newest “Blackwell” AI chip and can value US$3 000, nevertheless it additionally comprises a brand new CPU on which Nvidia labored with MediaTek to create.
Responding to an analyst’s query throughout an investor presentation, Huang stated Nvidia tapped MediaTek to co-design an energy-efficient CPU that might be offered extra broadly.
“Now they may present that to us, and so they might hold that for themselves and serve the market. And so it was a terrific win-win,” Huang stated.
It has been reported beforehand that Nvidia was engaged on a CPU for PCs that might problem Intel, AMD and Qualcomm, which dominate the marketplace for computer systems utilized by customers and companies.
The Venture Digits pc will not be but a mass-market gadget. It runs a Linux-based working system from Nvidia that’s utilized by AI builders, and Huang advised analysts these builders are Nvidia’s goal market with Venture Digits.
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However Huang stated Nvidia has additional plans for its desktop CPU that he declined to reveal. “What else can I do with it? I’m gonna have to attend to let you know that,” Huang stated. “You realize, clearly now we have plans.” — (c) 2024 Reuters
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